pétaradant
French, adjective
pétaradant is a French adjective meaning “spluttering, sputtering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of pétarader. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui pétarade”.
What does pétaradant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
spluttering, sputtering
verb
- 1
present participle of pétarader
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui pétarade.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pétaradant
- pétaradante feminine
- pétaradants masculine plural
- pétaradantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pétaradant?
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pétaradant in French?
pétaradant appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).